UPDATE: Tony Snow's growth in abdomen is cancerous

That sucks. Best wishes for a quick recovery.

 

I don't think you recover if it's terminal.

 

So are those on this board who in previous posts on this thread called him names happy now?

Sorry, I take this one pretty personally, because I had someone very close to me in this business die from liver cancer a few years ago.

Sometimes we need to cut out this political hatred bullshit and realize these are people we're talking about.

I don't remember any conservatives on here laughing about Molly Ivins' death or Elizabeth Edwards' cancer (and if they did, that's absolutely wrong as well).

 

Just waiting for the first extended Lee Atwater reference . . .

Get out, Tony, and find a measure of inner peace.

 

Cancer that spreads to the liver isn't liver cancer...I could be wrong about this--the story isn't claer--but I believe this is colon cancer that spread to the liver. Different thing. You can actually remove part of the liver, if it only spread to one side or the other...doesn't mean the prognosis is any better.

Sad story....no one deserves to go through such hell.

 

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I never heard of the distinction. Interesting.
And this really sucks. I just hope Katie Couric doesn't start wondering what Some People Say about the whole thing.

 

You are right in that it is not liver cancer. Mistake on my part. His cancer has metastasized and spread to his liver. I have been down this road. As you said, the prognosis is grim.

 

I know this has been corrected by now, but even if it were terminal, focus on your life, not your job. The concept is the same whether it's terminal or not.

And JB, I think few people on this board are callous enough to cheer the bad health of ANY elected official. And those few who do get a kick out of it have other issues.

 

Once cancer spreads to the liver it is teminal. He has colon cancer that has spread to his liver. That was how I should have phrased it. The end result is the same.

If your post was expressing concern for him, I apologize. I did not not seem that way to me.

 

All cancer isn't the same...the type of cancer (and the treatment) depends of where it originated. Breast cancer that spreads to the bone isn't bone cancer, colon cancer that spreads to the liver isn't liver cancer.

In any case, it's horrible.

Rough Mix--we need a doctor to make this call, but I believe if cancer only attacks one lobe of the liver, that portion can be removed...I don't know if that matters in the long run, however.

 

Oh God no! I would never wish illness, especially something like this, on anyone. I've always been quick to give best wishes and quick to criticize those who are much more leacherous.

 

Who is more leacherous than you, Alley?